New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-04
EMPEROR OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS
THE NORFOLK COLT PROVES HIS RANK.

FEAT.
The foreboings caused by the cou ls and showers OF
Friday away with the bright and clear SKY or
saturday. and many thousands of people enjoyed an
ftrpoon of perfect September weather and OF absorb
INC contests at sheepshead Bay On firm, elastic and
fast track e racers devoured space with their hyng
hoofs and all the time WAS rapid Unexpected incidents
md stirring catastrophes abounded. The downfall OF
the two strongest favorites-Kingston ana Eikwood-
dashed countless hopes TO dust and depleted thon
sands OF pockets while the bookmakers giinned win
nendish 10y But they compelled to pay out fat
sums when Emperor Of Norfolk Pontiac and Rosaiind
carried OF the honors.
mciauchlin's over-confdence and careessness pre-
vented Kingston from getting place, but he muo
amends by his brilliant work on Kalo"iah anc lonoo
while his second place with Baston IN ine otast
STAKES was creditabe there was ho' .hV NJ,
possibility OF his beating Mr. Baldwins pic-eincn' o'i'
Emperor OF Norfolk. .x ,or,, over az 900
and Mr. Baldwin beaIned with satisfaction over .ne
Hiooiy ae of he Uned But his happ
moss was cloudcd by the iaisi slchnesS VI III ~,
~ pSs ai the point death. As to the other
invalid The Bard who is now az s, ~ nth
from which quarts of pus We're sSen, is sun us
charsns pns The Bari may a, De on use 'oi
Among the Interested spectators and participants in
the sport were August Belmont d. D. Mithers, Colonel
T;o leonard Jeroiue T. j. Baldwin. j. g. H. Lawrence,
j H. bradford b. A. Haggin Captaln, C9s,er ZEN, Ferry
BelnT' General Bntieriied Captain Brown, Wright
sanford Park Commissioner Myers. District Attorney
WalNer William l.. Scott. JOhn X, Mclean, COl0he JOhn
" Wri,anIl CAPTAIN Conner Henry French, Colonel
Miles Colonel Ochiltree. Walter Gratz j. MoISsey,
Dma the DIVERS. inspector Byrnes, Colonel simmons.
Aft ed Post Henry f. Abbey, j. .. Bonner, L. T. LIVING
oVsrconidcnce has lost more races than other
cause and the great McLaughlih sometimes s"es ~
.sith the tbrretoope-on favorie Kingston. Kingston
broke the record On Thurs Lay anu Kan Kan Ssurhin
held INN a miracle worker and expected him &c accom-
sn the impossible 50 he lSased 1 '1ng SH bns
stou until he reached the iut1ng posi- IN .nG noiio
stretch The to-y earoh Badge had taken s lead on
me lower turn, to Mclaughlin this seemed nlsh IN
tho nm and he thought 1t certain the youngser would
come back in the last furlong Garrison eaillcu the
al the head of the homestretch in this way getting
good lead Kingston When Mci-anghlin wakeI up
II was TOO Late and all his riding could not close the gap
I;alre won by neck, Cyclops second, length heoie
Kingston the others sragglng IN Gieaher was second
for half mile but found the pace much 100 last III Inc
final ffuong In the French pools 0ly I'VE tickets on
Badge sold. and each was worth the handsome sum
FlareoIeta was the fa,ore in the second race, but
Connemara was backed henri9 any The Sarv RncEiev
ally led Tor six inrlongs ana Tetrel: nj. naSSns
from Inc start and the Withers lilly had shot her
holt ouche Pas bade the Others goodbye and won wth
twnkling heels by lengths Fageoetta second three
lengths before Connemara, Esquimau fourth tacCathy
rode ConnenaTa in style OF mastery inactivity, puiing
her lar behind the leaders the backstreich and thus
issinc lot OF ground that he could not make up Don
ohus Is popularity supposed to own Esqunndn ana ne
had ridden the colt would have come near winning
IL Billy had tried his hardest Bat Donohue rode Mr.
Bcrlons hopeless rattletrap. Tarbouche wl2 wa. was
never the race. Esqumau was ridden ny r L,tiie-
He'd and a had mess little Freddie " made Of IT
Though Touche Pas had shown much speed ar saratoga
she is fant-hcarted and uncertain, ana the staDie
Touched her lighty. n.,,. u, 81.
Emperor OF Norfolk not down as probable starter
for the Autumn stakes on the oicla progtahme, at
tbough his was given IN most OF She ppes yeser
da; morning 10 run Well ne ana run ana Won
in Commanding style with l22 pounds mp The start was
roo and the ali in motion with their heads
fhn right way when the flag fell but Tea Tray is about
the slOwest aBd most awkward brute AT the post IN
America always getting OFF badly II taxes MIN an age
e. strike his stride and In seconds he far in the
rear the others having shot away from him on account
,, of the lsr ground with dashng speed on the lower
turn and came III third Yet all the way there was really
powerful ud dazzling colt simply took his ease from the
frei tho last going at his own gait not hurried
annse tbems,ises in front for half mile Then the
Emperor shook them of ike IDEAS and while MclauShin
reached out and his grip closed Oh the race with steel
like CLASP ,a lie Sps nrs' e II MURPHY
nav ScSsssasn William L. Scott believed that his colt
Tea Tray had the race his mercy and backed him
heavily. putting on him probably more money than he
Sssked Quito to win the fsaSarDan His pale face turned
par he the others leave Tea TRAY far behind at
HE start and he set his teeth grimy After the he
came up Secretary Lawrence in the clubhouse and
said - ,.,,,, a. ,o.,,o = oo,,r,.,,. .o,;n..
the starter has given my horses bad starts When
e.cr they have this year. and in this case he dropped
the flag when Tea Trays head was turned the wrong
Mr. Lawrence took Mr. Scott aside where Wright San
ford sitting and the three began an earnest CONVEX
sation in MIR scotts wrath became less fiery
"a the hours rolled did pnt his compla at
in writing submit it formally to the executive commit
tee. Hence nothing was DONE .
quarter on wednesday at the sheepshead Bay course
for $1,000 side. $1,000 forfeit samuel Emery, the
while James d. Morrissey owner OF hamburg, puts up
the money Baburg Here are the exact words CT the
agreement:
W. the. unasrsgoea .srcs to race the horse. Elk
Sed and spOaI wsh for the ss" cs ON wf .ss
Joekes raet, and one ,Sur!h IN miles for
''''' '''A WIN " ~ i sssyf i E HSas5s: n
witness G. J. ENRIGHf.
with this match so near 1t unwise TO Ekwood
n mile and bali against so good mare az Kaloolsh
aud Elkwood away at exercise in the morning his
Yet he won the Twin City easily on Thursday and
finished with much speed aud power that few urmen
ever he got OF last and Fitzpatrick was forced to ride
waiting which proved the best thing for the colt
only dangerous animal In the race, ran Ekwood
the front from the start while Mclaughlin lay quietly in
to all of them on the baekstretch and fitz took SO
"s es IN the bomesreich Eswood had ttis lei In HIM
and as Mclaughlin could always 3urpass Fz M a fnish
Kaloolah won by necs Elkwood second. the others
Tnis race makes Elkwoods chances in the match look
the Banburg party can measure Elkwood's capacity
through Kalool&h to an ounce DO match grew out OF
Mr. Mcrrscy and his trainer Murphy said that Banburg
would have that race II he had not been shut n
and unable to get through until be reached the home
stretch This the friends OF Elkwood said was nonsense
The dispute grew hot and the match was made. II
Mclaughlin were ride Elk wood In the match Ekv0od
might win But Fitzpatrick will have the mount
III has doubted the correctness OF the criticisms
Garrisons riding Of Kaloolah Mt Long Branch. he
mnst be convinced by the she ran with Mclaughlin
IA the saddle.
W. e. Jennings and his friends expected to win the
nth with Frank Ward. but Mclaughlin Poniico
outrode little Taylor Oh Frank Ward.
Mr.. Haggu's fast but uncertain lly Rosalind at
home on the turf and won the last race easily.
FIRST RAcE-PURsE $500. SIX FURLoSGs
b. McCieands b. Badge by The H. sod Baroness
Mcmahon Garrisen's Oh Cyciops L. 1lS. tGsfTison
Dryer Brothers br Kingston. H.. (McLaughliDl
J. n. Haggn's er santa RITA (Hamlton)
A blk. Britannia g. liz. (0rhD
Hayden sarry's ch. e. Cleaner. aged 1l5.....(ewis
n Corrigans Pearl Jennjogs aged 1l5. Fuller
g. T. Perry's ch Long Branch 2 (Barsssj
Tims-ll41
Betting win-Kingst0R TO g. Cycops To l. Cleaner 10
Badge ~ to Pearl Jennings 20 10 Britannia rs to
Santa Rita 30 TO ], Long Branch so 10 l.